Every one of us, unconsciously, works out a personal philosophy of life, by which we are guided, inspired, and corrected, as time goes on. It is this philosophy by which we measure out our days, and by which we advertise to all about us the man, or woman, that we are.... It takes but a brief time to scent the life philosophy of anyone. It is defined in the conversation, in the look of the eye, and in the general mien of the person. It has no hiding place. It's like the perfume of the flower unseen, but known almost instantly. It is the possession of the successful, and the happy. And it can be greatly embellished by the absorption of ideas and experiences of the useful of this earth.
Quotes about embellished (15 Quotes)
There's a great argument about how many men he actually killed. People would tell stories and then as we all know as stories get told over and over again, they get embellished, facts get changed, elaborated upon, exaggerated.
Oh Jesus, they have built these churches for the sake of their own glory, and embellished them with silk and melted gold.... They left the bodies of Thy chosen poor wrapped in tattered raiment in the cold night.... They filled the sky with the smoke of burning candles and incense and left the bodies of Thy faithful worshipers empty of bread.... They raised their voices with hymns of praise, but deafened themselves to the cry and moan of the widows and orphans. Come again, Oh Living Jesus, and drive the vendors of Thy faith from Thy sacred temple, for they have turned it into a dark cave where vipers of hypocrisy and falsehood crawl and abound.
It is quite possible that we can do greater things than Jesus, for what is written in the Bible about him is poetically embellished
We took a couple lazy penalties. Maybe they embellished a couple better than we did, but we were lazy a couple times and it cost us.
He alone is at peace, and he alone is embellished forever, who meets with the Guru, and sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
The biography was a personal quest to understand Janis and to sort what was real from stories that were embellished,
I embellished many details about my past experiences, and altered others in order to serve what I felt was the greater purpose of the book.
Those upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace become His happy soul-brides. One who recognizes her Lord and Master places her body and mind in offering before Him. Within her own home, she finds her Husband Lord her egotism is dispelled. O Nanak, the happy soul-brides are embellished and exalted night and day they are absorbed in devotional worship.
This account is not accurate. It is embellished and false. (Whitehead) is simply not telling the truth. It's clear Hank asked him to write a letter attacking Eliot and he did so.
... a hermitage, which is about an acre of ground an island, planted with all variety of trees, shrubs and flowers that will grow in this country, abundance of little winding walks, differently embellished with little seats and banks in the midst is place a hermit's cell, made of the roots of trees, the floor is paved with pebbles, there is a couch made of matting, and little wooden stools, a table with a manuscript on it, a pair of spectacles, a leathern bottle and hung up in different parts, an hourglass, a weatherglass and several mathematical instruments, a shelf of books, another of wood platters and bowls, another of earthen ones, in short everything that you might imagine necessary for a recluse.
dismissing Mr. Bell's embellished allegations with bipartisan unanimity.
No doubt many of you have had your portraits penciled upon the canvas by an artist, and after he had drawn the outlines, without filling it up or embellishing at all, you looked at it and said, 'That is not myself, it does not look like me, it belongs to some else.' But when it came to be filled up and embellished, perhaps you were ready to own it. Will you be willing to own the lasting picture of yourself which you are daily painting by your thoughts and deed Will you be ready to own the self- portrait created by your life.
O God You are the friend of all because of your merits. A good person embellished with good thoughts becomes the friend or benefactor of all. Such a person influences others, because of his positive personality traits and attracts them and as a result, he befriends all.
What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute